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In July 1969 following the retirement of Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell, Ryan was appointed by President Richard Nixon as Chief of Staff of The United States Air Force in August 1969. One of the more controversial moves of his tenure was the disbandment of the U.S. Air Force Pipes and Drums, the only free-standing, full-time ...
Michael Edward Ryan [1] (born December 24, 1941) is a retired United States Air Force general and was the 16th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from October 1997 to September 2001. He served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and ...
Sixteenth Air Force (16 AF)'s original ancestor was the Joint United States Military Group, Air Administration (Spain), which was established on 20 May 1954. It was attached to the Joint U.S. Military Group, which oversaw implementation of the 1953 Spanish-American Defense Cooperation Agreement.
16 April 1987: First holder: ... Command Chief Master Sergeant ... 2 years, 149 days: U.S. Air Force: 6: Command Sergeant Major Thomas H. Smith: 23 January 2006: 27 ...
Lieutenant General Kenneth S. Wilsbach at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska in 2018. Wilsbach was commissioned in 1985 as a distinguished graduate of the University of Florida's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program, and earned his pilot wings in 1986 at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.
In addition to dissolving both Army General Headquarters and the chiefs of the combat arms, and assigning their training functions to the Army Ground Forces, War Department Circular 59 reorganized the Army Air Forces, disbanding both Air Force Combat Command and the Office of Chief of the Air Corps (OCAC), eliminating all its training and ...
United States Army Air Forces (21 March 1946 – 18 September 1947) United States Air Force (18 September 1947–1 June 1992) Type: Major Command: Headquarters: Langley AFB, Virginia: Motto(s) Vigilance for Freedom: Anniversaries: 21 March 1946 - Founding: Engagements
Christopher Todd Donahue [1] (born 13 August 1969) is a United States Army general who has served as the commanding general of United States Army Europe and Africa and commander of Allied Land Command since 10 December 2024. [2] He most recently served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps from 2022 to 2024. [3]